All Sorted Ep 26: LEGO Noses
|On a Nosy episode of All Sorted, Jeff and James…
Take a quick look at the evolution of the minifigure face:
- The History and Evolution of the LEGO Minifigure (via toys2remember.com)
Look through hundreds minifigure heads:
Sort out all the printed noses:
- Legends of Chima, 43 printed noses (and growing)
- 19 Mutants, Monsters, and, Aliens including:
- Mutants:
- Monsters:
- Aliens:
- Zam Wesell (but only on one side)
- Resistance Ground Crew
- Darth Maul
- 15 are Skulls, or Skull masks:
- 4 are non-skull masks:
- 2 samurai masks from Ninjago:
- General Kozu
- Scout/Swordsman
- Death Eater mask
- LEGO Drome Racers balaclava
- 2 noses from Spongebob sets:
- 2 Clown noses:
Find the only LEGO minifigure heads with printed noses that represent normal, non-mutated/monster real life humans:
- All come from the 1996 and 1997 Cowboys and Indians Western subthemes.
- All 6 minifigure heads with noses also have more detailed eyes with eye whites and pupils.
Issue a warning:
- Do not google “LEGO noses” or you will end up with horrific images and articles about children shoving LEGO into their face:
- Don’t worry, parenting blogs have plenty of tips for LEGO removal (via wrymummy.com)
- Why do kids put things where they don’t belong? (via Chicago Tribune)
- Read about a boy who had a LEGO wheel removed from his nose after 3 years of breathing issues. (via KSL.com)
Finally, Do you like the LEGO aesthetic of LEGO minifigures having no nose, or do you with LEGO would add more facial detail now that the printing process allows for more details? Would you like LEGO to go the LEGO Friends route and add 3D noses to the minifigs? Let us know in the comments, or hit me up on twitter, @StillSorting.
PS – because we forgot to mention it, @robinreacts reminded us about Time Cruising Timmy (photo courtesy @RobinReacts)